The Sun. — London, England, 1818-12-05 00:00:00

rtiOVINCIAL JOURNALS. _~ We 'lately copied some judicious observations Iron' the York Chronicle, and we have extracted the following just and liberal article from the `:same respectable Journal of the sa " The Sovereigns and Plenipotentiaries at Aix-- l a ;Chapelle have completed their important la : 'bouts. Every one who wishes - for the long con tinuance of peace in Europe, will read with pleat sure the official documents. They contain a sum mary exposition. of those wise and conciliatory prticiples which have animated the Allied 'Coun cils, ever since the preservation of the tranquil the of the world has been deposited as a sacred trust in their hands. They now make a . B°lcm - it tippeal to them as the guides by which they have steered their past course through a stormy pe tiod, and as the regolators of their future conduct. )n this consolatory assurance we - hope batious are destined to find a long career of happiness and ros:oo ity. -France, it will he seen, is admitted, ,„,,: er th e gu3rantee of her legitimate Soveleien, into this noble contederacy of crowned heads, the basis of whose onion is the c o n serv a tion o f the general good. Never, perhaps, has there been an era in the history of the . world nine aospi dons to the consummation of this great ti ork, which seems to realize what has till now been held the dreams of a romantic phd an thlupy as well as subjects, have ',yen instructed by severe ordeals in their mutoal advantages. All t h e w ild t h e ories of visionary legislation, and of political perfectibiley have had their day ; they have been tried and found wattling. IVearied will) successive disappoititmews, the nations of Europe de, ire no longer ,ro be fooled with Speen latioos built noon dowries which have no identity with the passions, the interests, the real virtues ant i weaknesses of 1111111 all nature. They have paid deatly for the childish credulity with which they received the empirical suggestions of their too often crafty, though sometimes misguided, regeoerators. Henceforth, we apprehend, they will be content to follow, and not seek to moron the gradual march of society. They will avert teeir eyes from the gli tering unsubstantial ware of sophisters, and accept the only boon which 'moire has placed within the reach . of man, the capacity of progressive amelioration. We shall doubtless be deafened, as heretofore, with the vol . gar clamour of purblind, or the insidious decla mations of designing, politicians ; who will conti nue to tell us with admirable gravity, and still snore admirable effrontery, of the inherent, the indissoluble vices of Monarchical Govensnent. Be it so. While the balance of universal ittstice is held with a steady hand, while Europe r-eposes io the pe:-iee she has nohiy won, while nations ptosyer, while liberty diffuses itself co-ordinately with intellectual and mold! refinement, while the voice of glattiess is heard, while the arts of peace tire cultivated, we shall listen with more of pity than of indignation, to those who, from the dic tates of a bad heart, or a weak head, strive to deform 'hat paradise, from whose calm delights They are •pli-eecholed. After the dark and stormy and calamitous times in which we have lived; after having witnessed front doy to day, from month 'to month, and year to year, only the bloody course of wars engendered by perfidy and aurbitiott ;- after having been satiated with mi -series and devastations, it is indescribably delight fill to contemplate, as emanating from the.athi t era of hotpot! happiness, declarations such as we this day publish, so expressive of good will to wards mankind, and so identified with honest principles, that they have only to be left to their own nee operation to produce all and more than the most benevolent imagination can picture to itself of social felicity." NATIONAL MEDALS. Mr. "Thuile, the Projector of the grand Series of Medals, at present publishing in London, to record the Victories of the late War, is arrived in this city. - We have heard much of this undertaking through the means of the London Papers, and we are now able to judge of their merits by occular inspection. We do not process any particular knowledge of the Medallic Art, but we have no he.4itation in saying, as far as we are capable of j.idging, that the Busts of the different characters are cut with full relief, excellent character of flesh, and a beautiful outline and finishing. The re verses also appear chaste, classical, and selected with singular felicity. We are most struck ‘vith the Busts of his Majesty and that of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, which appear to be engraved by a British Artist, Webb--that of Napoleon, too, is admirably characteristic, and sitwidarly well designed. Nothing can be more neat and delicately executed than the reverse, which represents his Majesty's ship the Belero piton. There are no less than five Heads of the Doke of Wellington, all admirable, but distinct in their chat acterislics—the reverses are occupied with different subjects, taken from his Grace's victories in the Peninsula and Waterloo. It will not be denied that the British are a Na tional People—yet it is a complaint very generally made, that the Government do not originate any itu provements which might serve to gratify this honest and proud feeling. Wat e rton Bridge, for instance, the most magnificent and expensive structure of the kind in the world, is the work of individuals, and not of the Nation. Similar works in France are always the creation of the Government. Per haps this is as it should be. Yet we all know that the Fine Arts can never flourish if the Govern ment of the Country manifest an indifference to their progress. We look tip to the series of Na tional Medals as most eminently meriting the re gard of the Legislature. They have originated, it is trite, with a private individual, but they should be adopted by time Nation. There will he found, we hope, an - Independent 'Member of the House of Commons, who, if the Executive de cline interfering, will introduce this subject , legiti mately, before Parliament. We should be asham ed to suffer ourselves to doubt the success , of any Motion, which would have for its obfrct the ad vancement of the Arts, and the reward of thii Artists. At present the Artist altogether relitsl on the patronage of the Public, whose interest • . teputtlion tire to inamsttly cOnce - me(l in the achievements which these Medals commemoratc• We trust,lfud indeed. feel ' tolerably certain, that Mr. Modie will end, that.althogh lreland may he deficient in means she will not be so in in clination, in lirOnsoting sO'landable an undertak ing. %V shall take another opportunity of mak ing some further remarks on ihislubject.—(Dub lin Evening Post, Dec. I ) 'it * * to give due praise to the efforts of Genius and Patriotic L'al, we have taken the above article from the Dublin Paper, but have omitted all its splenetic cotaments,on the late I.inve COINAGE, because we ate persuaded that, if it elbibiteel supernatural 'skill, as issuing horn Go vernment, it would be sure of reprobation in that Paper.—As to the imputed coldness of Govern ment with respect to the FINE Att'rs, the charge is unjust. A Cothmittee of Taste has been insti tuted, 'consisting of the most upright and intelli gent charattersiu the Country, who impartially decide onithe.merit of Works proposed for na tinoal Montnnents ; and it must be admitted that Governinent has for many years past been employed in the ardnous task of securing. the Country and delivering Elrod! Those glorious objects being nchieved, we May confidently expect that our rulers will direct their attention to works ordo tuestic honour, if the narrow spirit of Party does not endeavour to deprive them of the me,ios to encourage Genius and remunerate Public Meth., LAW I'N'rELLIGE,NCE. ROLLS' COURT, DEC. 4. The Master of the Rolls was occupied from nine in the morning till four, in hearing causes, of no public interest whatever. In the coarse of the day a else was called on, James v. the Vicar ut Crbytion, which related to . the production of accounts. A Gentleman,' by his will, had be queathed certain estates to the Vicar, Church wardens, and six inhabitants of Croydon, for th'e purpose of building Corm t-house, a Butter market, and procuring a burying-ground. The sums for each of those purposes were specified, and the surplus was directed to be paid into the Bank under the controul and direction of the Court of Chancery. Some dispute arose about the production of accounts, but no decision was giver), as his Honour the Master of the Rolls wished to read over the pleadings in the case. Notice was fixed up in Court that his Honour would, on the bolloiving day, sit in the Council Chamber, in the Inn, in consequence of Sir Joist) Leach, ibe Vice-Chancellor, beginning his sit tings to-tuorrow• LORD CHANCELLOR. _ His Lordship remains in nearly the same state as he has been ti,rough the week. He is totally unable to walk, from both his feet beiny severely affected with .the gout. Ile will ►►pen the Seal this •day in his oven house, and it is arranged that the Viee-Chancelltir will hear all his Lordship'S Motions. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 4: SALMON V. THE PROPRIP.TOKS OF THE HOLYHEAD MAIL. The plaintiff, an attorney at Bath, sought to re cover the sum of 21. 17s. 611. from the defendants, under the following citcomstances :—The plaintiff having occasion to travel from Liverpool to Holy head, went by the defendants' coach. When they arrived at Conway, the ferryman demanded Gd. of the plaintiff for ferrying hint over. The plaintiff reused to pay more than a penny, on the ground that the tent yinan had no right to de mand more. The coachman hearing the dispute, said he wotdd pay for the plaintiff, who said,--" It you pay it, 1 will not pay you again." The coach man then said=" Oh, will yon not ? then I nut off," and immediately drove away. The plain tiff, left at Conway, was Obliged to hire a pist chaise to proceed to Bangor, by which he in curred the expetice of 21. I7s. Gd. the sum be en denvonred by this action to recover. John Jones, Ferryman at Conway, corroborat ed the above statement. Air. Roberts, .Post•master at Conway, stated, that Mr. Saipron was in a great passion. He said the ferryman was an impostor, and lie would not pay more than ond penny. The CHIEr Jus•rtce annulled up, and sail-- "The demand of sixpence was, beyond a doubt, illegal ; and it it should appear to the Jury there was any collusion between the ferryman and the coachman, the defendants were liable." The Jury found a verdict for p!aiatiff—Denages 21. I is. 6(1. As Conway Ferry is in the high-road from Li verpool to Holyhead, this decision t 3 of consider able importance to travellers. OLD BAILEY. Yesterday George Prideaux, aged 24, and Thos. Faulkner, whose trial stood over from last Ses sions, in consequence of the illness of a material witness, were put to the bar on an ludictment which charged (hem having forged, counterfeited, and uttered, on the Bth or June, a receipt for the sum of M. with intent to defraud Edward Adolphus Seyrnonr, Duke of Somerset, George John, Eatl Spencer, John Julius Angerstein, and John Drummond, -Esqs. Trustees of a Society cal led " The' Western Provident Jost itotion."—The trial lasted front ten o'clock in the morning till six in the evening. The result was, that the prisoners were acquitted. COAL MARKET, DECE3IBER 4. Ships at Market. Ships sold. Price. 1244 Newcastle Di Sunderland .....335. Oil. to 435. 9d 1 Elgin Gd. to —s. Od, 1 ,Cohn 1 33s Od. to —s. Od Two perfect skeletons Were discovered, on Fri day s'eunight, about 20 inches below the surface Othe ground, opposite Pittnaston House, near ocester, which are supposed to have hiin in tlie earth ever since the year 1651, when the bat tle of Worcester took place. .IELANCIIOLV SUICIDI. INQUEST ON A SPANISH OFFICER. Apt inquisition was taken yesierday before TiloSlAs Sll'EtToti, Esq. Coroner, at the Ship Mom, Beer-lane, Tower-street, in the City of London, on the body of Mariano Marquez de Castro, a Spanish Gentleman, of the age of 30 years, formerly a Captain in the Spanish service, who was compelled to exile himself front his country in the early part of this war, in conse quence of his being charged as one of the persons who entered into' conspiracy t oa ssassinate the King of Spain, and overturn the Government. — His death was. caused by his shooting himself with b, large pistol in the mouth. Ttis investigation lasted a considerable tinre.--, The Jury being empannelled and sworn, took a view of the deceased's body, which lay on the bed at his lodgiligs, ia a room on the second floor, at the house of Mrs. Warner, No. 24, Tower street ; the deceased's head was nearly sever ed from his body, his face . was blown to pieces, and a pistol, the barrel of•-sv-hirh was hor4-, and n►stale (fit like the blade of.a knife by the explosion, lay at his feet ; a razor open ley on a table -near the bed-side the wall was beat to pieces by the balls which the pistol was loaded with, and the place was covered with blood. The bed vita very inneh burned, and the deceased was notch burned about the breast and side by his clothes having taken fire, and which was ri:tio giddied by the blood which flowed front - the de ceased's wonuds. The Jury having returned to the tavern where they mar, Mts. Margaret Warner, of Beer-lane, Allhal lows, deposed as follows ;,—" The deceased had lodged at my house more than a month ; he occo pied an apartment on the second floor. On Wednesday evening last, the, deceased came home with sonic person, and went up to his apart ; they quarrelled ; I do not know the na illte of the quarrel : they went wit together, anti at about halt past ten o'clock the same night, the deceased returned home and went up stairs to bed. Between one and two o'clock oil Thursday morning I was awoke by a noise, and I heard somethi.ig fall on the ground in the deceased's room ; I did not think it was the re port of fire arms, and went to sleep again; I thought the cat had thrown something down. — On the following mornin4, the deceased's servant came, as tesnal, to wait upon him at breakfast, and event up to his bed-room ; in a very short time, he came running down stairs, seem:ugly much agitated and alarmed;. he said, ' he has cut his throat.' I went over the way to the late churchwarden, tile. W. Marshall, and told him that the deceased had his throat : he came over directly, ,and looked at the deceased, and said dial be had nor cot his throat, but shot him self. Mr. Mat-shall sent for a medical gentleman, but before his arrival he examined the room ; lie found the deceased lying on his left side, lower part of his face was blown to pieces, mud tine throat was so dreadfully torn that his head was nearly severed from his body ; his let hand was blown to pieces, the thumb hung by a piece of skin; the blood had run through the.bed and clothes on to the ground ; a number of letters qn the deceased's bosom had caught fire,.and were burnt to tinder ; his body was very black in con- . sequence of the burning ; the pillow ,of the bed was nearly consumed, and the bed-clothes had taken tire, and appeared to have been extin guished by the blood, or the house in all .proha bilitv would have been destroyed. When I awoke in the night, I did not smell any thing burning.— At the bottom of the bed I :ound a pistol, the barrel and stock were broke to pieces, bi Tida t i ty of powder lay on a table, and some bails in a paper; alto a razor was open on a table near where the deceased lay." Juryman.—lt appears from- the razor bring open, that the deceased intended to have cut los tkroar, had lie not effected his purpose by shoot ing himself. IVitoess.—The deceased appeared in his usual state on,tbe. night of Wednesday last. The servant of the deceased corroborated the evidence of Mrs. Warner. David Je+vson, be44le of the parish, found th e etteis now produced upon the table in the de- ceasetl'a room. 1-lillAry Ramon, del k to .11Iessts. Firmin de Tastet and Co. merchants, Trinity-square, de po.cd. as follows :—" I knew the deceast d when he resided in Spain, he was of a distinguished family in Seville ; he evinced considerable talent whet► a youth, the army was his desire, and a com mission was obtained for hint. He acquired a must excellent character as a soldier, and was also iu private life much respected. He obtained pre ferment in the service. Attvr the return of his Majesty, Ferdinand, to the 'fhrone, the deceased, whose principles were rep,ublican, entered into a cottpiracy ith a great number of other persons who_had been deprived of their commissions, to dethrone the Eing,.overturn the Guvernment,anti re-establish the Cortes. The plot was discovered when the conspiracy was in its infancy, numbers were seized ;40d thr into prison, and the de ceased and a tew others were so fortunate as to escape to foreign countries. In February last the deceased , arrived in England, and lived for a con siderable time.upon the money he had been able to bring with bon to this counity he became greatly distressed ; he made known his stances to Mr. De Tastet, and he relieved him, and took him as an assistant until lie could ob. lain something more suitable to his talents.. Tne deceased w.,s at times very despondihg ; he would leave his desk and stiike his forehead with his clinched fist, and seemed to labour at the time under great emotion, which caused rte to believe that he•was affected in his intellects with tempo rary derangement. The letters produced by the beadle, and pocket-book tilmanatl, are the de ceased's ; the former are the deceased's band 'writing." The Coroner opened the pocket-book, and Co nn d that there were various notes and memorandums therein, written opposite the day of the mom h in the almanack, a kind of diary: the last note was written opposite the date of the thiy , he committed the act, the 3d of December, which was translated literally into Luglish—" I shall put an end to my • mortal cihtenc - C, tinefte'reison iftintbing t" tio 1 one hut . Ax ed, Upon- being shown the -beak, witness del— ll L i the note is the .hand-writing of the decease(lr'rrslt-s the translation I have given is a trite one. deceased was about to go out to South lie had engaged with Sir G. M‘Gregar to go an t join the Independents but the deceased said that he considered Sir G. 11-I'Gregor as merely an 11 ,. • venturer, who had no appointment under 11 1 Government and he ultimately refused to go ° 0 ` with hint. l et ' The Coroner produced to-the Jury another ter mitten by the deceased on the evening 11,6, committed the act. Witness read it, and gave a translation of , - substance to the 21try. It stated that he (do eti e ed) owed about 51, and lie requested Mr. de Tar" d to tet to discharge the same ; he also apolog izt Mr. de Taste( for not having sent to Bristol to'a bills of exchange which were found in atiotbe,r letter ready rrlr sending to the post. ► A third letter was addressed to Mr, :de r .l s g re hi "' _clerks, thanking theca for their kindness, to during his troubles, which wet e nearly term inatctir tiikjne, his leave of them. A fourth letter was produced by the beldll she abose itness aid another Gentleman , mor e Mogica, in Mr. de Tastet's employ, Fere to give a true translation of the santgio the t o l' toner and Jury. . Mogiea was eXamined as to the tate . slit deceastli's mind ; he could only corroborate I" evidence of the precediug witness. Ile had se er - bins walk about Messrs de Tast et's bottle in s • State Of extreme agitation. In answer to C i ne fi ; tion of a Juror, he said, that although subseq ° ,4, to the fatal event lie had cOnsidered that the Oet: eec ceased laboured under temporary d m erangeeo‘p • prior to that time he never bad such an ideA• ;4 111 r. Ste , el, surgeon, of Toever_bill, deceased, particularly the head ; the balls w ere II' : town) ; they bad Passed through tewall and nitantil; and carried away the jaw of th e d eoe "ed and t va; greater part of the tongue. A more tlisf4W•e;c.. &vet than the deceased was never seen ; t he rb e 'l was burnt black ; death was instant. r4-t• dece 4 b , had put the muzzle of the pistol into his grasped the barrel with his left hand, and P t _ l ",o the trigger with his right ; . the barrel bursting , Isis lett hand to pieces. C ifled r/ r I • he Coroner having recapitulated the taken, stated that he did not see any pittof sanity in the deceased's mind at the time be e c- „i ma tie twitted the crime of suicide. Two of the wit r ' • had stated, that they had seen him much ste al strike his list against his forehead, and other cal which were tokens. of a mind not at ease : was tot them to say, after the hearing of th ters which had beets interpreted to than ilt ire. witnesses, whether they were of opinion the m e' ceased Was in sound mind at the time be O h ile muted the act, so as to he accountable Or crime be conw.itted, or whether be labo L !'ii'' under suds a (tepee of temporary derange nit ia g' in his mind as not to know what he was ° t i t ,: at the time, In n ease like the PEC 6e O .where there was so little proof of wished the Jitry to weigh well npon their W I l a the evidence,:before they tel a vs:Edict.; co cOnsider whether, after the deceased had 1.0 c), the letters (which bad been before thew, 13e, which it Appeared were written a shots tifr e bog fore be committed the act), and before be r 6,0, himseil, Ise was seized with a paroxy!tn of ! 1 :08„ or whether he was its the same colieclo ft e ip as he appea6d to be when he wrote ttse letriey It was for them to give the verdict, -and not i 'ds • the decision was impottant, end lieliad 110 .aP i tiO they woeld discharge their duty according if? best of their judgment. red ' The July consulted for some time, and re- ' ed a verdict of Felo de se. ;the . The property of the deceased is forfeited tn" Crown. We understand that he ha - d ttot the world at the rime of his death, and latelYf a tt• so distressed that be accepted some arte,e,iie Sat aielay last, hi., own being in so very 4e t:',l,e ' able a condition. The verdict caused a ailedt!ree of surprise. We msderstand 1..,7„0c body will be buried in the cross-road the wr Mink-lane, this day.--(Marning Paper) OMOnsmasmina mani. r ioe on the 9.a inst. at naowle-fatm, in tile County o' - the Lady of Major-Gene gal Beatson, of a danghter; MARII I 1.:13 °f On Thursday last, at Ealing , Isaac Gompertz, rsql,l i e land-row, St. James's, to klorence, idangincr P Charles Franguis 'Nattier, Esq. of Abbeville, in FO DIED: At Fort Marlborough, on the Wust Gpast of Su ln-a o tr* o ,o ,f Lady of W. R. Jennings, E.q. Secretary to the I'L l i c tio ll u t d Governor. This amiable sufferer bore• up agains t a," t, the most distressing Mature, with unusu d forti tue, r io t I , tth of March, whets a dreadful earthquake l"`'h which appalled the must courageous of the inhabitartsr.e, the period of this awful visitation, the syuipoins of Il e ; '3 11 , 4 41 dissolution.,rece• part:culariy apparent; an d 011 April the mei:unholy event toot place, wilich4:,:leir i r „,o o o ,- so in i t c h reason to deplore. The esteem of 1:(1" ',VI , t • was niatiirestLd, on the occasion, in ;, •:;3'enti t o language call desk:taw. SirT.Stamtord of' Governor, Captain Manley, the Ladies alio Settlement, togethi.r with several of the native U t d 0 , 41 tended to pay their last tribune of respect to der4r,te P 4 Mrs Jennings was the daughter of Edward Hampton, Middlesex. ( Ate On the 30th ult. the Rev. inilt) Watson, ChM ) 4 Earl of Liverpiiol, Rector of Fattlkbourii, Esse: 4 - lain of Mordcu College, Kent, t% fri PROVINCIAL BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND V ' o f w' On the Ist lust. at Nvalheroxe House, the GOY Gs d Young, Esq. sargrou, Navy, of a can and DF,iiier -On Tuesday last, at Gogn4Eiii; Francis Osborne, of a still-horn chill. . , il A tic iii r;;). • f ), e 4 0 . ..,t, On Thnrr-dav se'nnight. Mr Charles Tticliafti oc ia to Ja;ziics,' eldest daughter of Mr. Robert . •:• . o'er ( Darnstalde. - , i ;;lliSfrali te On the 2f:th ult. at Snailwell, Cambridge, —d JP . ' therhy, Esq. of Nruloartet, to Marv-Aon, s ec ''' . of the 11e%. N. - . 1. Hill, Meet.: of tio . ailwell. • tO , DI LA). 10 c , .At Wiil,ech, on Tuesday se'nithrht, Hugh J°"' CO ° Of 11r.Hugh Jackson, of that place. c ' o otit Yesterday st'oniglc:, 1 1 .1 r. John Watson, of Oa di t».i cge .- . 10 Oa, the 9.d inst. jo;eph Buckle, Esq. of York'yolif / __ Same day, at her li.use in _Boot hain, near ..... 0 react oft e late William Burgh, Esq. LL.D. • 7 eils „ 6 1 A I LONDON: - Prink() liy J. B. (.:A.R.STAIRS, Of a d V s " , rn Oronilsstrett, Queen-sqi.tare; and pu hfiso e t , 0 0 , SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Molton-street, alO Office, No. 11C, .Strand ; where Advettiserre" Letters, &C. ',post-paid) must bo adatssra• . . . . . . . , (~ k r , 14, Int r u .., 't -7 " :'reeive Pelit4 1 1 4: te‘ ,. Po r i Sll fop " 7 ~41 Z7i e T e s to%, 1 444 4 kt 4 107 ft pe ' 101.6, gp jo t. Y b eta Cr it .44 .1 3 , "par ~WWII ~ =toy, 8t Nr( 0-k 44. )eatr i 4 1 , 41 tly 4 44 741. t he C ,n ~:: ~ }